Projection has Auburn Tigers playing rough schedule in 2024

The SEC has set an announcement date for the 2024 schedule.

With the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the conference coming next year, there's been an ongoing discussion as to whether or not the format of the schedule changes, how many games in conference play are had, and whether or not certain rivalries are kept for the betterment of the league.

The SEC's 2024 schedule will be announced on June 14 on special primetime show on SEC Network, per Brett McMurphy of the Action Network. Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger reports that The 2024 schedules are being released on June 14 on the SEC Network (matchups only - not dates).

McMurphy also reports that the SEC will stick with an eight-game conference schedule once the Longhorns and Sooners begin play next fall.

Brad Crawford of 247Sports recently projected every SEC schedule for the 2024 season - with Auburn landing one of the more difficult ones across the league.

Auburn's SEC opponents next season could be at Georgia, Texas, at Alabama, Missouri, at Mississippi State, South Carolina, at Kentucky, LSU, according to Crawford.

Here's what he had to say about the schedule:

"The Iron Bowl will stay put and the annual battle with Georgia, too. The rest is up for the SEC to decide, but it's unlikely Hugh Freeze wants to add Texas and Oklahoma to the teams he's having to meet every year with his new job. Sources tell 247Sports that South Carolina could become an annual game for the Tigers in the new SEC, but we've only heard that from one side of the spectrum. This schedule, as it stands projected, would be a nightmare."

Auburn's non-conference schedule includes California, ULM and New Mexico State.

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